Peggy Sue is an immortal character in books and films

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Peggy Sue is the main character in numerous stories by the famous French author Serge Brussolo. In total, the series has fourteen books, which describe the unusual adventures of a teenage girl.

Peggy is a character from the books

The heroine Peggy is a 14 year old girl. She lives with Maggie's mother and Bernie's father. She has an older sister named Julia. The family often changes residences and moves from place to place, as Peggy earns a reputation for being crazy everywhere, and she is often kicked out of schools. And the whole trick is that the girl has been haunted by the mystical Invisibles since childhood. Only she alone can see them and hurt the mysterious ghosts with just a glance. All books are saturated with magic, unusual worlds, mysterious characters. Peggy Sue has become an integral part of the lives of many teenagers who love everything that is shrouded in mystery.

Not only in books, but also in cinema

But Peggy Sue is not only a character from Brussels' books. She is also a movie star. This girl is the main character in Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married. The premiere took place back in 1986, butthe film still attracts the attention of the audience.

Francis Ford Coppola's painting organically intertwines two main lines - everyday life and science fiction. This combination seems quite unusual and attractive. The first everyday theme touches upon the problem of a midlife crisis, when a person understands the need to change something in his life and wants to build a better future, looking back and taking into account all life experience. In the film, ordinary ordinary problems are solved by rather fantastic methods. That is the highlight of this movie. The heroes are trying to fix their own mistakes through time travel.

Back to the past

Peggy Sue in Coppola's film goes back to the 60s, where the atmosphere is light and unobtrusive. The girl is shocked that she met with her family, where everyone is still so young. She has the opportunity to talk to those whom she never expected to see again. Back in time, Peggy attends classes at a school where she hangs out with her old schoolmates. Now she can answer simple questions like a mature and experienced person.

Peggy Sue is overwhelmed by the opportunity to right the wrongs of the past and thus improve the situation in real time. She tries to make peace with Nancy, her younger sister. But something upsets her. The heroine of our article in the past is still dating Charlie. But in the present, he deceived and betrayed her, for which Peggy cannot forgive him. But soon she notices that thishandsome young Charlie is so unlike her husband, with whom they separated in 1985. The girl begins to fall in love with her future husband again.

The girl's stories about the future are believed by her grandfather, as well as the hero of the film, Richard, unrequitedly in love with a young beauty. Peggy's grandfather wants to help his granddaughter get back home. They perform a strange ritual, during which the main character of the story disappears. But later it turns out that Charlie kidnapped her in order to confess his love and give her a locket. Peggy Sue begins to understand that it is impossible to escape from fate. She and Charlie kiss, and the next moment the girl wakes up in real time. She wakes up in the hospital with her husband Charlie holding her hand. Peggy Sue's eyes light up with hope for a new period of their life together.

Don't look back

You can talk endlessly about Francis Coppola's film. The picture is saturated with kindness and warmth. Over the years, the film only gets better, like a quality wine. Coppola shot the film without unnecessary tricks and ornateness. After looking at the picture, you begin to appreciate what is in life at the moment, do not regret the past and perceive past mistakes as an integral part of fate.